BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in an election almost certain to see incumbent President Ilhan Aliyev chosen to serve another seven-year term, following his government’s retaking of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists. Aliyev, 62, has been in power for more than 20 years, and this is his fifth election cycle. … Read more
Hundreds of Azerbaijani soldiers paraded Wednesday through Khankendi, the capital city of the Karabakh region that came under full control of Azerbaijan in September after a lightning rout of ethnic Armenian forces. “We showed the whole world the strength, determination and indomitable spirit of the Azerbaijani people,” Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said in an address … Read more
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has raised his nation’s flag over the capital city of a former breakaway region in a ceremony reaffirming Baku’s control over it ByThe Associated Press October 15, 2023, 8:58 AM In this photo provided by Azerbaijan’s Presidential Press Office on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gestures while speaking … Read more